Previously we looked at the issues around TrueCrypt and Heartbleed, and noted that a fundamental problem was that technologies we rely on to be safe are often developed and maintained by volunteers or people on a shoestring budget. There is now more news worth looking at in this respect, so it is time for an update. For more go to https://www.zwilnik.com/?page_id=825

Links:

• https://www.propublica.org/article/the-worlds-email-encryption-software-relies-on-one-guy-who-is-going-broke
• https://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/core-infrastructure-initiative
• https://spar.isi.jhu.edu/~mgreen/
• https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/
• https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2015/04/truecrypt-report.html
• https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/04/truecrypt_secur.html
• https://truecrypt.ch/
• https://ciphershed.org/
• https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/
• https://www.grc.com/misc/truecrypt/truecrypt.htm
• https://www.zwilnik.com/?page_id=825

Editor's Note 2022-03-27: Tag changed from GnuPGP to GnuPG

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